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Herman Melville's classic seafaring adventure has been a favorite of readers for generations.

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When Ishmael sets sail on the whaling ship Pequod one cold Christmas Day, he has no idea of the horrors awaiting him out on the vast and merciless ocean. The ship's strange captain, Ahab, is in the grip of an obsession to hunt down the famous white whale, Moby Dick, and will stop at nothing on his quest to annihilate his nemesis.

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Tells the mad, raging, Shakespearean tale of Captain Ahab's insane quest to kill a giant white whale that has taken his leg, and upon which he has sworn vengeance, at any cost.

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Tells the story of an eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. But more than just a novel of adventure, more than an encyclopaedia of whaling lore and legend, this book reveals an enquiry into character, faith and the nature of perception.

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Originally hand-printed at her Hogarth Press in Richmond, Monday or Tuesday is the only collection of short stories that Virginia Woolf published during her lifetime, providing a fascinating insight into the early stages of development of themes that would blossom in her later masterpieces.

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The action is mostly set at Rudge Hall, home to the obese miser Lester Carmody, and at Healthward Ho, a health farm run by 'Chimp Twist, along with his cohorts 'Soapy' and 'Dolly' Molloy.

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Originally serialised in The Pilot as Moondyne Joe in 1878, and subsequently reprinted in book form, this is the story of a convict called Moondyne, a name given him by indigenous Australians who help him escape and also share the existence of vast amounts of gold with him.

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First published in 1827 and here presented in a new translation by J.G. Nichols along with Thoughts, Leopardi's own selected pearls of wisdom and gems of social observation, this volume will enchant both those who are familiar with and those who are new to the works of Italy's last great polymath.

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The electrically witty story of a headmistress struggling to retain an iron grip on the hidden plots and allegiances in her girls' school, reissued for the first time in decades.

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A new edition of a forgotten classic by H.G. Wells, introduced by acclaimed biographer of Wells, Michael Sherborne. Mr Blettsworthy is shipwrecked on an island home to cannibals. When he does escape, he returns home only to find the Great War has broken out. It seems he just cannot escape the savagery of the world.

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An ebullientMr Finchleyis about to propose to a lady he rescued from mishap when he is sent to Paris by his firm.This gentle comedy was a runaway bestseller on first publication in the 1930s and retains a timeless appeal.

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Mr Finchleytakes a fancy to a horse-drawn caravan and sets out to explore the countryside.He encounters a band of eccentrics and it gradually emerges that the caravan contains a secret, and Mr Finchley finds himself in real trouble.

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Gentle chaos sets in when Mr Pim calls in to see George Marden, owner of Marden House, and announces that he's recently seen an ex-convict that sounds awfully like Olivia Marden's first and supposedly deceased husband.

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One of Virginia Woolf's most famous novels, Mrs Dalloway is a triumph of experimentation, a cornerstone of Modernism and a subtle examination of love, freedom, mental illness and the female condition in society.

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Mrs Dalloway is a novel that features two main characters and two different worldviews. On the one hand, there is Clarissa Dalloway, who being labelled as Mrs, symbolises her marital and social confinement.

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In this vivid portrait of one day in a woman's life, Clarissa Dalloway is preoccupied with the last-minute details of a party she is to give that evening. As she readies her house she is flooded with memories and re-examines the choices she has made over the course of her life.